Malts Cruise: sailing, scenery and single malt whiskyBy World Cruising Club,
3:26 PM Wed 15 Jun 2011
Up to 40 yachts taking part in World Cruising Club's Malts Cruise will be welcomed at Oban Marina on Scotland's west coast for two days on 8/9th July and to mark the start of this well-known annual event. ...[more]

June Rally Gibraltar to Morocco is in its eleventh yearBy Sail-World Cruising,
8:44 AM Tue 14 Jun 2011
As so frequently observed on Sail-World Cruising, the number of rallies is growing remarkably round the world. You can be based almost anywhere and find compatible cruising types to share experiences and then tell the tales later. For the 11th time, a rally dubbed the 'world's most sociable yacht rally' is departing from Gibraltar at the end of June, headed over the Straits to Morocco. ...[more]

Shattered cruising rally finally past the pirate zone, in TurkeyBy Des Ryan, ,
10:26 AM Mon 13 Jun 2011
The shattered remains of the Blue Water Rally - one of the rallies thrown into confusion this year while transiting the Indian Ocean when the shooting death of four American cruising sailors by Somali pirates changed the game entirely - has reached safe haven in Marmaris in Turkey. But they didn't sail there. ...[more]

Van Diemen's Land Circumnavigation CruiseBy Brian Golland,
10:01 AM Mon 6 Jun 2011
The bi-annual 'Van Diemen's Land Circumnavigation Cruise' of Tasmania, arguably the most southerly rally in the world, has been a regular summer event since 1990. When the rally took place this year in February, Brian Golland was there on the yacht Tradition, and here is his account, the first in a multiple-part series: ...[more]

The 8th Mariner Boating Aegean Yacht RallyBy Maggie Joyce, sydney ,
2:21 PM Tue 24 May 2011
The 8th Mariner Boating Aegean Yacht Rally goes from strength to strength
The unique combination of Greek Islands and the coast of Turkey has offered participants in the 2011 rally some stark contrasts at the half way point in Bodrum, Turkey. ...[more]

Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally - set to leave TurkeyBy Des Ryan,
6:57 AM Tue 17 May 2011
Since 1990 yachts from all over the world have converged on Turkey to participate in the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally, and 2011 continues the tradition.
Beginning with a small fleet of 17 boats in its first year,this year 76 yachts from a wide range of sailing countries - USA, Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, France and Germany to name just a few - have joined the fleet ...[more]

South Pacific Rallies: remote cruising in companyBy Lee Mylchreest,
5:28 PM Tue 10 May 2011
They just love rallying in the South Pacific, so visiting yachts need to make time during their travels to enjoy cruising in company and visiting rare places. Time is fast approaching for the fifth Annual Brisbane to Vanuatu Yacht Rally, there's the Louisiades Rally in September and the annual Port2Port (Port Vila to Port Bundaberg) is promoting well in advance of their October departure: ...[more]

Farewell party for the Fremantle to Bali Yacht RallyBy Sail-World Cruising,
9:23 AM Tue 19 Apr 2011
After an absence of many years, the advance contingent rally of the Fremantle to Bali Yacht Race will depart the Fremantle Sailing Club Western Australia on Saturday, April 23, 2011 between 11:00 and 11:30 am aiming to cross the starting line at 12:00 noon, and there's a public farewell party! ...[more]

Fremantle to Bali Rally off on 23rd AprilBy Sail-World Cruising, ,
1:23 PM Sun 17 Apr 2011
The Visit Indonesia Fremantle to Bali rally and racing fleets will commence their marathon adventure in just a few days. To celebrate the event’s return and to farewell the sailors in style, the Fremantle Sailing Club would like to invite the public along on Saturday 23 April, so if you are anywhere near Fremantle it's an opportunity too good to miss. ...[more]

World ARC circumnavigation rally an annual eventBy World Cruising Club,
11:00 PM Wed 6 Apr 2011
World ARC is currently a biennial event, starting in January and finishing 15 months later. The current event started in January 2010 and the next will start in January 2012. World Cruising Club are delighted to announce that from 2014 the World ARC round-the-world sailing rally will become an annual event; starting every January from Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia. ...[more]

2011 ClubSwan Caribbean Rendezvous Cruising Round UpBy Cailah Leask,
6:44 AM Sat 26 Mar 2011
Nautor’s Swan saw a record entry this year for the eighth edition of their ‘ClubSwan Caribbean Rendezvous’ held in the beautiful British Virgin Islands from March 14 – 19. For the 2011 cruising event 26 Swan yachts attended with over 100 participants enjoying the delights of the Caribbean. ...[more]

Closure of Blue Water Rallies give surge to World ARC RallyBy Sail-World Cruising, ,
3:46 PM Wed 16 Mar 2011
One sailor's bad news is sometimes, inadvertently, another sailor's good fortune. While Blue Water Rallies will run no more world circumnavigation rallies due to the economic downturn and piracy, this has no doubt contributed to the excellent season that is being experienced by the World Cruising Club, which operates the World ARC, a spin-off from the famed Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) ...[more]

Blue Water Rally sails into the sunsetBy Nancy Knudsen, ,
3:09 PM Sat 12 Mar 2011
For the last fourteen years, Blue Water Rallies have themselves rallied to the complex task of organising World Circumnavigating Rallies for yachts of all nations. Now, sadly we have received the following formal notification: ...[more]

RYA Cruise in Company - crossing the channel in June 2011By Emma Slater, ,
9:07 PM Mon 28 Feb 2011
British cruising sailors looking to venture further afield, there's an opportunity this year in June to cross the Channel with the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) cruise in company. Here's the call from the RYA: ...[more]

World circumnavigation rally cancelled nine months outBy Nancy Knudsen, ,
4:08 PM Fri 25 Feb 2011
Evidence that voyaging through the Indian Ocean is getting just too hard for the cruising sailor, if you didn't already believe it, is underlined by the fact that one of the best known world circumnavigation rallies has been called off nine months before it is due to begin. ...[more]

World Yacht Rallies and the business they bring...By Nancy Knudsen,
7:36 AM Fri 18 Feb 2011
Yacht rallies are big business to the ports that they visit, with ports vying between each other to win such prizes as the Volvo Round World Race or the big yacht rallies. Mackay, on the north east coast of Australia is chortling having won the right to host two of the world's great round world yacht rallies next year, the Blue Water Rally and the World ARC ...[more]

Two world yacht rallies choose Mackay as stopoverBy Nancy Knudsen,
7:19 AM Fri 18 Feb 2011
One of the best known rally organisers in the world, The World Cruising Club, which organises the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and the World ARC, has chosen Mackay instead of Cairns next year for its Australian port visit. This means it is joining the round-world Blue Water Rally which has been using Mackay for a stopover for some years. ...[more]

Club Yachting Life Cruising Rally - for yachts over 24 metresBy Sail-World Cruising, ,
3:32 PM Mon 31 Jan 2011
Once again, for the 24th time, Herbert Dahm is to organise a 'Club Yachting Life' sailing event in cooperation with the Marina Ibiza in the clear waters and beautiful landscapes of the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera.. ...[more]

Announcing Louisiades Rally 2011By Lee Mylchreest, ,
4:59 PM Tue 18 Jan 2011
The fourth Louisiades Rally from Cairns in North Queensland to the Louisiades Archipelago will operate again in September this year. This is an opportunity for yachts to experience some of the South Pacific's most natural untouched islands, lagoons and coral cays and the communities who live on them ...[more]

Blue Water Rally yachts all reach Sri Lanka safelyBy Sail-World Cruising, ,
9:13 AM Sat 15 Jan 2011
After passing through some challenging weather while crossing the Bay of Bengal, all yachts in the Blue Water Rally have reached Galle in Sri Lanka safely. Reports in the yachting press had erroneously reported that a member of the Rally fleet had lost their yacht. ...[more]